Sonography of the superomedial part of the spring ligament complex of the foot: A study of cadavers and asymptomatic volunteers

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-228

  Harish, Srinivasan ^a,b   Jan, Edgar ^a,b,c   Finlay, Karen ^a,c   Petrisor, Brad ^a,d   Popowich, Terry ^b   Friedman, Lawrence ^a   Wainman, Bruce ^a   Jurriaans, Erik ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph's Healthcare ^*  (Canada)

^c HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foot; Spring ligament; Superomedial; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SPRING LIGAMENT; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33947594960     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0229-7     Document Type: Article

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